Leopoldo Bravo
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Leopoldo Bravo (right) and populist leader Juan Perón, whom Bravo supported, but whose political machine he remained at odds with.
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| Argentine Senate | |
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In office December 10, 1989 – December 10, 2001 |
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| Governor of San Juan | |
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In office December 10, 1983 – November 7, 1985 |
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| Lieutenant | Jorge Ruiz Aguilar |
| Preceded by | Eduardo Pósleman |
| Succeeded by | Jorge Ruiz Aguilar |
| Governor of San Juan | |
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In office January 15, 1982 – December 7, 1982 |
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| Preceded by | Domingo Rodríguez Castro |
| Succeeded by | Eduardo Pósleman |
| Senator | |
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In office May 25, 1973 – March 24, 1976 |
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| Governor of San Juan | |
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In office October 12, 1963 – June 28, 1966 |
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| Lieutenant | Luis Cattani |
| Preceded by | Pedro Avalía |
| Succeeded by | Arturo Cordón Aguirre |
| Personal details | |
| Born | March 15, 1919 San Juan, Argentina |
| Died | August 4, 2006 (aged 87) |
| Political party | Justicialist Party |
| Spouse(s) | Ivelise Falcioni de Bravo |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Leopoldo Bravo (March 15, 1919–August 4, 2006) was an Argentine politician and diplomat. A Senator and Ambassador to the Soviet Union, he was a three-time governor of San Juan Province, where he came to be regarded as a caudillo (kingmaker).
Bravo was born in San Juan, the illegitimate son of Governor Federico Cantoni, and Enoe Bravo. In an era in which men of higher social status could often opt not to do so, Cantoni acknowledged the child as his own, though young Leopoldo opted to keep his mother's last name when he came of age. Bravo graduated from the University of La Plata with a law degree in 1942. At a young age Bravo joined the leadership of the Partido Bloquista, a provincial party which split from the ruling Radical Civic Union during the 1916-22 tenure of President Hipólito Yrigoyen.
He was appointed chargé d'affaires at the Argentine Embassy in Moscow, in 1946, and in 1953 he was appointed as Ambassador to the Soviet Union by President Juan Perón, succeeding Cantoni, his father. He was one of the few ambassadors to have had an interview with Joseph Stalin, as well as the last.
He was elected Governor of San Juan with Peronist support in 1962, but President Arturo Frondizi was forced to annul the elections due to military and conservative objections to Peronism; he ran again in 1963, and took office, serving until 1966. A pragmatic and experienced politician, Bravo advised civilian and military governments, and he maintained ties with the exiled Perón, though was opposed to most of the CGT labor union and Peronist movement leadership. Bravo was a vice-presidential candidate on the ticket led by Brig. Gen. Ezequiel Martínez, backed by then-President Alejandro Lanusse, in the March 1973 elections. Although they lost that election, Bravo was elected to the Senate for the first time that year. The Senate was dissolved in 1976 by a military coup.
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